Fiddletown California Map

About Fiddletown, California

Fiddletown is a locality in Amador County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 279. The population density is 23.6 people per km². Fiddletown is located at 38.5038°N, 120.7555°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95629.

Fiddletown claims a quiet expanse where the North Fork Dry Creek carves a shallow, sun-drenched channel through the earth. It lies 13.6 miles south-southeast of Diamond Springs, CA (from Diamond Springs, CA: bearing 166°T), and is situated 8.2 miles northwest of Pine Grove. The air here holds a dry, golden clarity, shimmering above the oak savanna that stretches toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Sierra Nevada. In the stillness of late afternoon, the light turns the color of pale honey, catching the edges of the dry grasses and the weathered bark of ancient trees. Fiddletown Park provides a modest, open space where the day’s heat slowly dissipates into the cooling shade of the evening, and the landscape remains defined by its inland isolation, far from the damp influence of any coast.

History lingers in the architecture of Fiddletown, reflecting a time when the search for mineral wealth drew ambitious travelers to these rugged slopes. The local economy has long since shifted, finding a rhythm in the quiet cultivation of the nearby Shenandoah Valley, where vineyards now replace the frantic industry of the past. Life moves with a deliberate, measured pace, influenced by the proximity of the Mount Zion State Forest and the intermittent presence of the D'Agostini Reservoir, which holds the stillness of the region in its depths. Those who wander toward the North Trail find a landscape that demands attention to detail, where the persistence of the land and the memory of its early settlers remain etched into the character of the soil itself.

About This Fiddletown Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fiddletown, California. Coordinates: 38.503797, -120.755489. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Fiddletown includes the ZIP code (95629), telephone area code (530), county seat of Amador County (Jackson), and school district assignment (Amador County Unified School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.